If you've been towed from a Downtown Silver Spring meter, contact Investigative Reporter Russ Ptacek by WUSA9 email, on Twitter or Facebook.

Near the intersection of Georgia Ave. and Colesville Rd. on a private road, the shopping center had been towing cars parked at private parking meters, but signs weren't large enough or clear enough to comply with county and Maryland regulations.

Although the meters had small stickers saying "one hour parking," there had been no warning on the meters about towing and they accepted enough quarters to credit drivers with more than six hours of parking.

Downtown Silver Springs officials say although they enforced a one hour limit, they gave customers grace periods, and didn't tow if time still showed on the meter.

Our surveillance crew recorded one tow truck driver chalking tires and another tow truck driver returning a little over two hours later to tow.

G&G Towing officials haven't returned our calls for comment and threatened to press trespassing charges against us when we went to their offices.

Downtown Silver Spring has agreed to refund towing charges to customers towed from their private meters.